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This is a Koten piece from the Oshu Kei school .

Tsuru no Sugomori (Futaiken) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Flare Up  (Listen)	Schlefer, James Nyoraku
This version of Tsuru no Sugomori ("Life of the Cranes"), is from the Futai-Ken line. Performing techniques unique to the shakuhachi are heard to depict the lives of cranes: their love calls, wing flutters, cries and the fledgling's first flight. There is extensive use of tamane, a fluttertongue technique. Symbolically the piece represents the Buddhist principle of love between family members and is meant for spiritual cultivation.